Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for ISEB in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited ISEB over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the West Yorkshire region.

 Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank699066
Rank change year-on-year
Up+21Down-24
Matching permanent IT job ads4742171
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire2.253 %1.796 %3.024 %
As % of the Qualifications category12.02 %9.396 %15.56 %
Salaries quoted3626149
Average salary£27,500£30,500£28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.830 %+8.920 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,500£25,300£25,050
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£40,817£36,350
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£32,500£32,500
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3914471099
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire18.74 %19.11 %19.44 %
Salaries quoted303353920
Average salary£29,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.14 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£22,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£43,000£50,150
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
ISEB YorkshireISEB
Yorkshire

ISEB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

West Yorkshire ISEB Demand Trend

ISEB
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing ISEB across the West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire ISEB Salary Trend

ISEB
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing ISEB across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

West Yorkshire ISEB Salary Histogram

ISEB
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing ISEB within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeedsUp+318£37,500+22.95 %
PontefractNew entry-5£24,500-
BradfordUp+84£28,000-17.03 %
HalifaxUp+91--
ISEB YorkshireISEB
Yorkshire

ISEB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing ISEB also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ISEB.

125 (32.47 %)LoadRunner
223 (29.87 %)Test Automation
320 (25.97 %)Test Scripting
320 (25.97 %)Rational Robot
415 (19.48 %)Software Testing
415 (19.48 %)Pensions
514 (18.18 %)Automated Testing
613 (16.88 %)ISTQB
712 (15.58 %)V-Model
811 (14.29 %)Systems Analysis
811 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
811 (14.29 %)ISEB Practitioner
811 (14.29 %)Finance
910 (12.99 %)Scrum
910 (12.99 %)Computer Science
109 (11.69 %)Degree
109 (11.69 %)Private Banking
109 (11.69 %)User Acceptance Testing
109 (11.69 %)Banking
118 (10.39 %)Oracle
127 (9.091 %)NHS
127 (9.091 %)Migration
127 (9.091 %)System Testing
127 (9.091 %)QA
136 (7.792 %)ITIL
145 (6.494 %)Stakeholder Management
145 (6.494 %)Manual Testing
145 (6.494 %)Performance Testing
145 (6.494 %)Test Management
154 (5.195 %)BPMN

ISEB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing ISEB also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited ISEB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (3.896 %).NET
22 (2.597 %)Spring
31 (1.299 %)EDI
31 (1.299 %)XML
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (2.597 %)SharePoint
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.299 %)MS Office
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (3.896 %)Oracle EBS R12
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (1.299 %)Intranet
11 (1.299 %)Internet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.299 %)Datawarehouse
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
125 (32.47 %)LoadRunner
220 (25.97 %)Rational Robot
33 (3.896 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (1.299 %)TestDirector
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (19.48 %)Pensions
211 (14.29 %)Finance
39 (11.69 %)Private Banking
39 (11.69 %)Banking
43 (3.896 %)Health
52 (2.597 %)Retail Banking
52 (2.597 %)Retail
52 (2.597 %)Legal
52 (2.597 %)Government
61 (1.299 %)Back Office
61 (1.299 %)Insurance
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
153 (68.83 %)Analyst
233 (42.86 %)Test Analyst
315 (19.48 %)Business Analyst
411 (14.29 %)Test Manager
59 (11.69 %)Senior Analyst
68 (10.39 %)Tester
77 (9.091 %)Software Tester
77 (9.091 %)Senior Test Analyst
86 (7.792 %)QA Analyst
95 (6.494 %)Test Engineer
95 (6.494 %)QA Test Analyst
95 (6.494 %)Banking Business Analyst
103 (3.896 %)Systems Analyst
103 (3.896 %)Systems Manager
103 (3.896 %)Systems Test Analyst
103 (3.896 %)Business Systems Manager
103 (3.896 %)Business Manager
103 (3.896 %)Performance Manager
103 (3.896 %)Performance Test Manager
103 (3.896 %)Automation Test Analyst
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (12.99 %)Computer Science
27 (9.091 %)NHS
33 (3.896 %)PACS
41 (1.299 %)PDA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (1.299 %)Windows
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
123 (29.87 %)Test Automation
220 (25.97 %)Test Scripting
315 (19.48 %)Software Testing
414 (18.18 %)Automated Testing
512 (15.58 %)V-Model
611 (14.29 %)Systems Analysis
611 (14.29 %)Business Analysis
710 (12.99 %)Scrum
89 (11.69 %)User Acceptance Testing
97 (9.091 %)Migration
97 (9.091 %)System Testing
106 (7.792 %)ITIL
115 (6.494 %)Stakeholder Management
115 (6.494 %)Manual Testing
115 (6.494 %)Performance Testing
115 (6.494 %)Test Management
124 (5.195 %)BPMN
124 (5.195 %)UML
133 (3.896 %)ERP
133 (3.896 %)Enterprise Architecture
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
14 (5.195 %)SQL
23 (3.896 %)C
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (16.88 %)ISTQB
211 (14.29 %)ISEB Practitioner
39 (11.69 %)Degree
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (9.091 %)QA
21 (1.299 %)HL7
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.299 %)HP Quality Center
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (10.39 %)Oracle
21 (1.299 %)Microsoft